Attu Station Alaska Map

About Attu Station, Alaska

Attu Station is a locality in Aleutians West, Alaska, United States. It is a small community with a population of 13. Attu Station is located at 52.8802°N, 173.2561°E. It observes the Hawaii-Aleutian Time (America/Adak) timezone.

Attu Station emerges from the vast, subarctic interior as a silent witness to the immense, crushing scale of the northern wilderness. It lies 1478.1 miles west of Anchorage, AK (from Anchorage, AK: bearing 264°T). The landscape is defined by the deep, cavernous expanse of West Massacre Valley, where the earth seems to hold its breath under the weight of an unyielding, gray sky. To the north, the jagged silhouette of Gilbert Ridge cuts a serrated line against the horizon, its slopes perpetually shivering in the biting wind that sweeps across the tundra. Near the center of this desolate basin, the glassy surface of Elwood Lake mirrors the clouds, while the nearby Peaceful River carves a narrow, winding path through the permafrost, its waters running cold and clear across the barren plains.

Attu Station exists as a profound relic within the Attu Battlefield And U.S. Army And Navy Airfields National Historic Landmark, where the silence of the present is heavy with the gravity of mid-century conflict. The ground here remains scarred by the remnants of military activity, serving as a stark reminder of a time when the world reached into this remote corner of the continent to claim its territory. Today, the economy of Attu Station is non-existent in the traditional sense, as the site has transitioned from an active theater of operation into a preserved monument to the human cost of war. The atmosphere is one of profound isolation, where the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the slow, seasonal shifts of light across the tundra and the enduring stillness of the abandoned airfields.

About This Attu Station Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Attu Station, Alaska. Coordinates: 52.880248, 173.256076. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Attu Station includes the ZIP code, telephone area code (907), county seat of Aleutians West, and school district assignment (Aleutian Region School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.